Terms of Use

Nature of site and liability

The information and materials contained in this site are provided for general information purposes only and do not constitute financial or other professional advice.

Before taking any action of a financial nature, you should obtain guidance from a professional advisor.

The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. accepts no liability for loss which may arise from reliance on information contained in this site, or any other site linked to this site.

Content and user submissions

The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. or their licensors own the content on this website(s). The content includes but is not limited to text, photographs, graphics, video and audio content (the content). The content is protected by copyright under the laws of the Hong Kong SAR. You must abide by all additional copyright notices or restrictions contained in this website(s).

By posting any content on our website(s) or other services, the user is assigning to The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. and its affiliates, the user’s copyright interests for the content and is granting The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. and its affiliates the right to display such content on our website(s) and our affiliated publications, and to use such content for promotional and marketing purposes.

Except for content you have submitted, you may not copy, reproduce, distribute, enter into a database, modify or transmit any of the content from this site, without the expressed written permission of The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd., unless it is for your own personal and non commercial use.

Discussion and opinion submissions

You shall not upload to or publish on the website(s) message boards any libellous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, or otherwise illegal material.

You agree that you will not threaten or verbally abuse other users, use defamatory language, or deliberately disrupt discussions with repetitive messages, meaningless messages or spam.

We encourage active discussions but personal attacks are grounds for immediate and permanent suspension of access to all or part of the website(s).

Any postings by you shall be used only in a non-commercial manner. You shall not, without the express approval of The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd., distribute or otherwise publish any material containing any solicitation of funds, goods, services or advertising.

You are solely responsible for the content of your messages. The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. does not and cannot review every message posted by you on the site and is not responsible for the content of these messages. The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. reserves the right to delete, move, or edit messages that it, in its sole discretion, deems unacceptable.

You agree that any submissions you make may be edited, removed, modified, published, transmitted, and displayed by The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. and you waive any moral rights you may have in having the material altered or changed in a manner not agreeable to you.

Termination and Amendments

We may terminate access to our site at any time.

We may also change these Terms of Use at any time, in which case your further use of our site constitutes your acceptance of the amended Terms of Use.

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong. You agree to submit any dispute arising out of your use of this web-site to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Hong Kong.

No part of these terms is intended to constitute an exclusion of any liability which cannot be excluded under Hong Kong law.

Representations and warranties

You represent, warrant and covenant that no materials of any kind submitted through your account will violate, plagiarise, or infringe upon the rights of any third party, including copyright, trademark, privacy or other personal defamatory or proprietary rights

You acknowledge and agree that The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd and its information providers, licensors and Licensees would suffer irreparable harm, not compensable with money damages if you infringe on copyrights to the content, and you irrevocably consent to the grant of injunctive relief to enforce such rights.

You hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd and all of their respective officers, directors, owners, employees, representatives, agents, information providers, affiliates, licensors and Licensees from and against any and all liability and costs, including, without limitation, full attorneys' fees on a solicitor and client basis, incurred in connection with any claim arising out of any breach by you or any user of your account of this agreement or the representations, warranties and covenants contained herein.

You shall cooperate as required in the defence of any such claim. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter subject to indemnification by you and we shall be entitled to be reimbursed by you for the full costs incurred by us such defence.

Disclaimer of warranties.

The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. website(s) is available as seen. The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. and their affiliates, agents, licensors or other third-party providers do not warrant that the website(s) will be uninterrupted or error-free. There may be delays, omissions, interruptions and inaccuracies in the news, information, e-commerce product offerings or other materials available through the service.

The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. are not responsible for the availability, content or services of other third-party providers, online merchants or advertisers that may be linked to or posted within the website(s)., including without limitation, those of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to the website(s) or any information or goods that are available or advertised or sold through the website(s). The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. do not make any representations, nor do their affiliates, agents, licensors or other third-party providers endorse the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other material or database displayed, uploaded or distributed in the website(s) or available through links in the website(s).

We reserve the right to correct any errors or omissions on the website(s). Although we intend to take reasonable steps to prevent the introduction of viruses or other destructive materials to the website(s), we do not guarantee or warrant that the website(s) or materials that may be downloaded from the website(s) do not contain such destructive features. We are not liable for any damages or harm attributable to such features. If you rely on the website(s) and any materials available through the website(s), you do so solely at your own risk.

Limitations of liability.

The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. and their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, licensors or other third-party providers are not liable for incidental, indirect, consequential, special, punitive, or exemplary damages of any kind or in any way related to the website(s) for any claim, loss or injury based on errors, omissions, interruptions or other inaccuracies in the website(s).

Access and availability of links.

The website(s) contains links to other related world wide web sites, resources, and sponsors of theasset.com. The Asset Publishing and Research Ltd. is not responsible for the availability of these outside resources, or their content, you should direct any concerns regarding any external link to their site administrator.

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